Spokeswoman Valerie Warycha confirmed Friday that Secretary of State Connie Lawson contacted the clerk to ask her to wear a mask, but did not issue a mandate because she does not have the authority.
People have incrementally returned to the skies, but in far fewer numbers than normal. The seven-day average as of Sunday was 871,513, or 35.6% of the equivalent week last year.
The United States, India and Brazil are reporting by far the highest numbers of cases, but the global increase in recent weeks has been driven by a surge in Europe.
More Americans than ever obtained a basic bank account in 2019, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday. But data was gathered before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Purdue University Head Football Coach Jeff Brohm has joined a growing list of college football coaches to test positive for the virus.
Hospitalizations in Indiana due to COVID-19 were 1,373 as of Sunday, down from 1,387 on Saturday. Saturday’s number marked the highest number since May 6.
The highly rated restaurant, which opened in a century-old barn more than six years ago, plans to close for good on Nov. 1.
Indiana has reported 142 COVID-19 deaths in the past week, an average of 20.3 per day, up from 117, or 16.7 per day, in the previous week.
Teachers and students have had to adapt to the guidelines put in place due to the pandemic, but social distancing and not sharing supplies can pose a unique challenge for classes like science that have labs typically done with partners or in groups.
COVID-19 cases in Indiana have hit record numbers for three straight days. The seven-day moving average for cases rose to 1,799.
The two challengers to Holcomb’s reelection bid split on whether he’s been too passive in attacking the virus spread or that he’s trampled people’s rights.
Nationally, more than 17 million Americans already have cast ballots in the 2020 election, The Associated Press reported Friday, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has long said it’s possible testing might reveal by the end of October if his company’s vaccine protects against the coronavirus. But in Friday’s announcement, he made clear that effectiveness is only part of the equation.
Under the voluntary program, trained staff from CVS and Walgreens would deliver the vaccines to each nursing home and administer shots.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard the U.S. labor market is likely to bounce back quickly when more temporarily furloughed workers return to jobs and the coronavirus pandemic comes under control.
The state also reported 22 additional deaths from COVID-19, the ninth time in the past 11 days in which deaths have been in double digits.
A British team recently estimated that as many as 10 percent of the people who contract the disease suffer prolonged symptoms. The CDC estimates that 35 percent of people who get mild versions had not returned to their pre-disease state of health two to three weeks later.
The results of the global trial are in sharp contrast to a large study in the United States, which found remdesivir shortened the time to recovery by about five days on average.
Much of last month’s growth came from clothing stores, where sales rose 11%. At auto dealerships and parts shops, sales were up 3.6%.
The additional funding—$24,000 from the city and $64,000 from the Mind Trust—will keep three of the 14 community learning sites open through the fall semester.
